System for producing agglomerated organic microbial fertilizer

A composted organic material agglomeration system including:

• an agglomeration chamber, the agglomeration chamber having an agglomeration chamber exterior surface and an agglomeration chamber interior space with an agglomeration chamber interior surface;
• an agglomeration chamber rotation drive system for selectively rotating the agglomeration chamber;
• an agglomeration chamber misting system for selectively providing a mist of water to the interior space of the agglomeration chamber;
• an agglomeration system air flow system for providing air to the agglomeration system;
• an agglomeration chamber dryer for selective applying heat to the interior space of the agglomeration chamber;
• an agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing, the agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing enclosing at least a portion of the agglomeration chamber and thereby thermally isolating at least a portion of the agglomeration chamber;
• an agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing heating system for selectively applying heat to the agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing, wherein composted organic material is provided to the interior space of the agglomeration chamber;
• wherein the agglomeration system is used to agglomerate composted organic material in the interior space of the agglomeration chamber to generate agglomerated organic material by:
• using the agglomeration chamber rotational drive system to rotate the agglomeration chamber and composted organic material inside the interior space of the agglomeration chamber;
• using the agglomeration chamber misting system to provide a mist of water to the interior space of the agglomeration chamber and the composted organic material in the interior space of the agglomeration chamber as the agglomeration chamber is rotated by the agglomeration chamber rotational drive system;
• using the agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing heating system
• to heat an agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing thermally isolated interior space until the agglomeration chamber interior surface of the agglomeration chamber interior space rises to a desired temperature and to maintain the desired temperature of the agglomeration chamber interior surface as the agglomeration chamber is rotated by the agglomeration chamber rotational drive system;
• as the agglomeration chamber is concurrently rotated by the agglomeration chamber rotational drive system, misted by the agglomeration chamber misting system, the agglomeration chamber interior surface of the agglomeration chamber interior space is maintained at the desired temperature, and the composted organic material is being agglomerated, monitoring the grain size of the agglomerated organic material;
• when a desired average grain size of the agglomerated organic material is achieved, turning off the agglomeration chamber misting system and activating the agglomeration chamber dryer to apply heat to the agglomeration chamber interior space and dry the agglomerated organic material in the agglomeration chamber interior space;
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• when a desired moisture content of the agglomerated organic material is achieved, turning off the agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing heating system and the agglomeration chamber dryer and turning on the agglomeration system air flow system such that the agglomeration chamber and the agglomerated organic material in the agglomeration chamber interior space is rotated by the agglomeration chamber rotational drive system while being cooled by the agglomeration system air flow system to generate cooled agglomerated organic material.

A composted organic material agglomeration system including:

• an agglomeration chamber, the agglomeration chamber having an agglomeration chamber exterior surface and an agglomeration chamber interior space with an agglomeration chamber interior surface;
• an agglomeration chamber rotational drive system for selectively rotating the agglomeration chamber;
• an agglomeration chamber misting system for selectively providing a mist of water to the interior space of the agglomeration chamber;
• an agglomeration system air flow system for providing air to the agglomeration system;
• an agglomeration chamber dryer for selective applying heat to the interior space of the agglomeration chamber;
• an agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing, the agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing enclosing at least a portion of the agglomeration chamber and thereby thermally isolating at least a portion of the agglomeration chamber;
• an agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing heating system for selectively applying heat to the agglomeration chamber thermal isolation housing.